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Oct 24, 2014 9:30 AM in response to HansSchnierby HansSchnier,Or at least, anyone observes the same behavior?
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Oct 25, 2014 8:10 AM in response to HansSchnierby Gary Scotland,I do not have this issue but I know from other folks problems, this issue only happens on MacBooks.
I don't have a remedy or know why this occurs.
Happy to get your Keynote file and test how it exports on my system.
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Oct 27, 2014 3:42 AM in response to Gary Scotlandby HansSchnier,Gary, thanks for your reply. However, no need to send you a Keynote file. Just open Keynote, create an empty slide, and add any shape (e.g. a square). Then try to export it using the clipboard, and see if it is vector or bitmap.
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Oct 28, 2014 3:46 PM in response to HansSchnierby The Keynote Guys,Here is the best way to remove a media asset from a Keynote file.
1) Make sure the individual file is selected
2) Click Format from the inspector tab
3) Choose the middle tab under format. It will say either Image/Movie/Whatever type of asset it is.
4) Under where it says "File Info", drag the icon out to your desktop. You will now have the full, uncompressed file extracted from your Keynote file. (without having to open the package contents)
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Oct 30, 2014 7:07 AM in response to The Keynote Guysby HansSchnier,The Keynote Guys, thanks for replying but you did not understand my question. I am not interesting in "removing a media asset from a Keynote file". What I want to do is use the clipboard to export an image composed directly in Keynote using shapes, arrows, etc (say, a block scheme). The procedure you describe (Click Format etc) can only be applied to MEDIA files.
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Nov 5, 2014 5:41 PM in response to HansSchnierby appleuservancouver,I am observing the same behaviour. With Yosemite's version of Keynote, I am no longer able to compose a series of elements, copy and paste them into another application while preserving vector qualities. Instead I get a rasterized version, which in most cases is not useful. This is a step backwards.
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Nov 5, 2014 7:12 PM in response to HansSchnierby Kyn Drake,I can confirm this is also a problem with Numbers. Anything copied out of the iWork apps appear to lose the ability to be pasted as a .PDF, even in applications that can accept the higher quality .PDF format. (In looking into it, there's additional weirdness I'm seeing related to iWork and the clipboard, but that's for elsewhere).
At this time, the only possible thing you can do to get high quality output from Keynote is to Export as a PDF, then open that and crop it.
Just to help a bit more, when you check Preview for how to crop a PDF, the help is incorrect. The command you're looking for is not
Choose View > Show Edit Toolbar,
it's
Choose View > Show Markup Toolbar
However, I haven't tried to see if you can get PDF's without backgrounds... checking now
I've also confirmed that Keynote '09 can still produce .PDF's from copied content. And, I am using a MacBook Pro.
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Nov 5, 2014 7:30 PM in response to HansSchnierby Kyn Drake,UPDATE:
Ok, this can work. Use either the black or white theme, and, in Slide Layout set the Background to "No Fill"
Then, instead of Export to PDF, do File > Print... and in the Print dialog, make sure "Print slide backgrounds" is on (it defaults to on, just check it) and in the lower right, click the PDF button and choose "Open PDF in Preview"
You'll open the image you want in Preview, then commence to clipping
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Nov 10, 2014 2:56 AM in response to Kyn Drakeby HansSchnier,Thank you Kyn Drake for the workaround but I am quite shocked by Apple overlooking this. Any of you know how this issue can be brought to their attention?
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Nov 11, 2014 8:56 AM in response to HansSchnierby Kyn Drake,TThe best way is within the application's "Keynote" menu. Send feedback.
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Nov 11, 2014 1:38 PM in response to HansSchnierby Kyn Drake,I haven't been able to confirm that this is just a MacBook issue. I'll head to an Apple store later today to try.
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Nov 22, 2014 9:34 AM in response to HansSchnierby mv10,Dear HansSchnier,
I have exactly the same problem. Is there any progress in the solution for this issue?
Regards
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Nov 23, 2014 10:46 AM in response to mv10by Kyn Drake,No, no improvement yet. The best so far is to Print as a PDF or to export as Keynote 9, then open the file and copy. I'm HOPING this isn't expected behavior. I'd suggest that you send Feedback inside the Keynote application.
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Nov 25, 2014 1:07 PM in response to HansSchnierby hardy74,Thanks for opening this thread. I thought I was the only one with this problem.
I just recently started to use Keynote 6.5. I am using it for scientific presentations, so I have to copy a lot of pictures / graphs from pdfs.
Never had any issues with Keynote 09 but copy/paste a picture from a pdf in preview results in a blurry picture.
That is extremely annoying and prevents me from using Keynote 6.5.
I have already sent feedback to Apple but I am somehow shocked that after all this time Keynote is still so buggy.

